<b>Allison Burnett</b> (born December 16, 1958) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist.<br/>Allison Burnett was born in Ithaca, New York. He graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois before attending Juilliard where he studied playwriting.<br/>Allison's first screenplay to be produced was the kick-boxing prison drama, <i>Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight</i> (1992), which he co-wrote with Charles Mattera. He also wrote Gregory Hines' directorial debut, <i>Bleeding Hearts</i> (1994), and the film <i>Red Meat</i> (1997), which he directed, starring John Slattery, Jennifer Grey, and Lara Flynn Boyle that had its first world premiere on Sundance Channel.<br/>Allison's next film was <i>Autumn in New York</i> (2000), starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder. This was followed by the Lifetime Original Movie <i>Perfect Romance</i> (2004), <i>Feast of Love</i> (2007) based on the book by Charles Baxter and starring Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear, and <i>Resurrecting the Champ</i> (2007), written with Michael Bortman and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett. In 2008, Allison wrote, with Robert Fyvolent and Mark Brinker, the crime thriller <i>Untraceable</i> (2008) starring Diane Lane. The following year, Allison wrote the remake of <i>Fame</i>.<br/>Allison had two films released in 2012. The first was <i>Underworld Awakening</i> (2012), co-written with Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, and J. Michael Straczynski, the fourth film in the Underworld series starring Kate Beckinsale. The following month, <i>Gone</i> (2012) was released, starring Amanda Seyfried.<br/>In 2013 Allison directed his second film, <i>Ask Me Anything</i> (2013) based on his novel <i>Undiscovered Gyrl</i>. The film stars Britt Robertson, Justin Long, Christian Slater, Robert Patrick, and Martin Sheen.<br/>In 2019 Allison directed the sequel to Ask Me Anything, <i>Another Girl</i>, starring Sammi Hanratty, based on his 2015 novella of the same name.